3. Firing Line

Complete story — includes the ending

Time is running out for the team as their execution is impending. In jail, each A-Team member reacts in his thoughts according to their nature: Hannibal tries to think up an escape plan; Face last wish is for a beautiful girl to serve him champagne (but sees Hannibal in his Aquamonster costume tell him he'll see him in the swamp); B.A. is rescued by Murdock, but Murdock makes so many crazy demands B.A would rather face the firing squad! Murdock and Frankie desperately seek Stockwell's help in helping the team escape, but are rebuffed. Stockwell meets the A Team and says that while he won't help them escape, he does say that if they do escape on their own, he'll shelter and protect them with the offer of a presidential pardon but at a price of doing "suicide missions"! Eventually, through Murdock and Frankie's and Stockwell's clever manipulations, the team escapes their execution and are coerced into joining Stockwell's agency, whereupon they will perform covert high-risk "Suicide missions" for him in exchange for a presidential pardon. Their first job is to capture Curtiss gunrunner partners--Hannibal remarks "We're back"! Because of his collaboration in saving the A-Team, Frankie is forced by Stockwell to join them. On the bright side, Stockwell has Frankie's hospitalized relative taken care of. The team is moved to a home in Virginia, where the four now live. Murdock is also revealed to have been declared sane, likely through Stockwell's connections, and now has his first job a dozen dog walker.